Who Thought The Animals Themselves Were To Blame?

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The characters in Animal farm can be split into 3 groups - the humans, the pigs, and the other farm animals. Each group represents a different element of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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Snowball in Fauna Subcontract

Snowball, featuring labels that highlight him as brave, a good speaker and caring

Snowball is one of the key pigs who take the teachings of Quondam Major and turn them into a mode of thinking called 'Lust'. He is an intelligent and animated pig . He comes up with new ideas and cares about the working animals. His plans and ideas revolve around providing teaching and improve atmospheric condition on the farm. He is likewise a brave fighter , organising the animals during 'The Battle of the Cowshed'.

Napoleon does not similar Snowball's ideas and and so has him chased off the farm by his guard dogs. We do not see Snowball after this incident. He is used by Napoleon as a scapegoat - anything that goes wrong on the farm is blamed on him. Napoleon likewise convinces the animals that Snowball was never brave during the boxing and was actually on Mr Jones' side.

	How is Snowball similar this?	Evidence from the text	Analysis
Dauntless	Snowball shows his bravery during the 'Battle of the Cowshed' .	He himself dashed straight for Jones. Jones saw him coming, raised his gun, and fired. The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball's dorsum...	'He himself' emphasises that Snowball worked alone with no idea for his own prophylactic , running straight for Jones and injuring himself in the process.
Skillful speaker	Snowball shows his speaking skills when addressing the animals.	Snowball's eloquence had carried them away. In glowing sentences he painted a film of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals' backs.	The image of sentences 'glowing' gives the impression that his words are beautiful and shining, the fact he 'painted' a movie suggests that he is an artist with words .
Caring	Snowball'due south idea for a windmill shows he puts the other animals first.	Snowball conjured upwardly pictures of fantastic machines which would do their work for them whilst they grazed at ease in the fields or improved their minds with reading and chat.	Snowball wants the other animals to be 'at ease', relaxed and happy . He too values their pedagogy, preferring that they 'improved their minds.' He shows genuine concern for the animals' well-being.

Social and historical context

Snowball represents Leon Trotsky

Snowball represents Leon Trotsky. Trotsky was a political theorist, revolutionary and a leader of the Red Army. Afterward the Revolution he was involved in Russian foreign affairs and policy making. He opposed Stalin'southward decisions and eventually was forced into exile from the Soviet Union in 1929. He resided in United mexican states.

He was assassinated by a Soviet agent in 1940. Nigh of the family unit members he left in the Soviet Union were arrested and killed.

Analysing the prove

Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr Jones was breeding upwards for sale. Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, only with a reputation of getting his own fashion. Snowball was a more vivacious squealer than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was non considered to have the same depth of grapheme. Clarification of Snowball and Napoleon

Question

Looking at this extract from the book, compare how Orwell presents Snowball and Napoleon.

How to analyse the quote:

'Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr Jones was breeding upward for sale. Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker , simply with a reputation of getting his ain mode. Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in voice communication and more inventive , but was not considered to have the same depth of character.'

'large, rather violent-looking' - suggests that Napoleon is much more physically intimidating.
'not much of a talker' / 'more inventive' - could suggest that Napoleon has fewer ideas than Snowball.
'more vivacious' - this implies that Snowball is more lively and energetic equally well every bit approachable compared to Napoleon.

How to use this in an essay:

Napoleon is described as 'large, rather fierce-looking', and this gives the impression that Napoleon is a more physically intimidating pig and he might use his size to become his own way. Napoleon is 'non much of a talker' then he might not have had as many adept ideas as Snowball. Snowball is described as 'more vivacious' and this suggests that he is more lively and energetic and perhaps that he is more outgoing than Napoleon. Additionally, Snowball is said to be 'more than inventive' , which shows that he is an intelligent sus scrofa with lots of good ideas.